*The audio quality of this show was poor.  However, we will improve it significantly on future episodes.

To kick off the reboot of the Endless Metal Podcast, Ben and Jeff--although Ben totally hogs the mic-- present riffs on how they met, bonded over metal, made music together, and Ben shares an origin story that starts with one of his favorite early metal bands Anthrax--who he just saw in February of 2023 on their 40th Anniversary Tour. 

It's clear that such "origin stories" will be a reoccurring theme/topic of entire shows.

What's one of your most memorable "metal origin stories"?  

Opening music is an excerpt from the song "Lungs turn to stone" from Ben & Jeff's ultra-obscure blackened industrial doom project BLACK ROLLER CROP ROTATION album "Prayers from the Rotten Soil" released by Crucial Blast records in 2012  

https://crucialblast.bandcamp.com/album/prayers-from-the-rotten-soil

Some relevant links to labels and bands discussed in this episode:

Crucial Blast Records: https://www.crucialblast.net/

Light of Shipwreck: https://crucialblast.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-idle-cylinders

Nadja: https://nadja.bandcamp.com